“Do you want me to drive you in and pick you up?”

“I’d love you to, but I don’t want to be a bother.”

Alex smiled. “You’re never a bother. Besides, I should speak to Isaak about getting back on the board, and we should let him know about the baby.”

Anna beamed. Thinking about the baby always made her happy. Even when it made her sick. Last night she’d told Alex she’d told Devin she was pregnant. Alex had been pleasantly surprised Devin had accepted it so well.

Aaron came over in the early evening. He hugged Anna hard. “I’m so happy for you, hon.” He leaned back and looked into her face. “You’re glowing.”

Anna smiled shyly and glanced at Alex. “Did you tell him?”

Aaron looked between Alex and Anna. “Tell me what?”

Alex shook his head. “I thought you might want to tell him.”

She shook her head and blushed.

Alex walked over and put his arm around Anna’s waist. “She’s pregnant.”

Aaron’s eyes widened. “Holy shit, you move fast.”

Alex rolled his eyes. “It’s not mine, you idiot.” He grinned. “I’m good, but I’m not that good.”

Aaron laughed, then stopped. “Wait, I thought you couldn’t get pregnant.”

“There are ways. It’s Ben’s.”

Aaron raised one brow and looked her up and down again. “That would explain a lot.”

Anna frowned.

Aaron grinned. “Your body was changing before you left. Travis and I... uh... talked about it...” He glanced at Alex sheepishly and shrugged.

“You were talking about my wife’s body?” Alex arched his brow, an amused glint in his eyes.

Aaron’s cheeks turned pink. “It was before you married. She hated you at the time. And you terrorized her on Christmas Eve. We were trying to cheer her up.”

“‘We’?” Alex glanced at Anna. Anna bit her lip and looked away, but Alex pulled Anna into his arms. “You didn’t tell me about that last night.” He kissed Anna again and ran his hands down to her ass. “Intriguing...”

Aaron sighed. “You want me to leave you two alone?”

Anna turned in Alex’s arms to smile at Aaron. “Of course not. I’ve missed you.”

Chapter 166

Alex woke with Anna curled against his side. She shivered in her sleep, so he turned onto his side to wrap his body around her and pulled the covers up over her shoulders. He loved how she fit perfectly against him. The idea of waking like this every day for the rest of his life thrilled him. God, he loved this woman. And she was his.

Alex had doubted that Devin would keep his word about treating Anna with respect. But no, Anna had come back to him Saturday afternoon safely.

Alex was relieved that, no matter what Devin had done to her, when she emerged, she was still in love with him. He’d worried that being with Devin would put distance between them. But Anna had barely left his side the rest of the weekend. Even in her sleep, she was right next to him, reaffirming their strong connection.

He was also relieved that Anna hadn’t felt awkward around Aaron after what he’d confessed to her. He’d seen her watching Aaron with curiosity, but she still looked at him with affection. Alex knew Aaron still cared about her as well, which was good. If anything ever happened to him, he knew Aaron would step in and make sure she was okay.

It was a morbid thought, but one he had to consider. Even though he wasn’t going out on missions right now, eventually he would have to. And when he went out, there was, unfortunately, always the possibility he wouldn’t return. Of course, his family would make sure Anna was taken care of. But Aaron was here in San Francisco. His family was in Germany.

Alex brushed those thoughts aside. It had been less than two weeks since they had gotten married and he wouldn’t be called out for at least six months. Vati had said that was the most amount of time he could be inactive. The main thing was to be home when the baby was born; he wouldn’t miss that for anything in the world.

Glancing at the clock, he saw he had just enough time to make love to Anna before she had to get up and get ready for class. Kissing her neck, he brought his hand up to cup her breast. She moaned softly and turned to face him.